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The U.S. firefighting budget is almost gone, but the forests are still burning
We're throwing so much money at fighting wildfires, there will be little left over for prevention.
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![A firefighter walks past a burning train wagon at Lac Megantic, Quebec, July 6, 2013.]()
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Exploding oil-train owners want insurance slack — just like nuclear power
It costs so much to get adequate insurance for all those rail cars hauling crude across the continent! Why can't the railroads get the same breaks government gives nuclear operators?
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Turning swords to ploughshares is a balm for veterans
A new documentary about veterans turned farmers finds that working the soil can be an antidote to the hardships of re-entry.
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Why’s this Tea Party PAC going after a top Tea Partier?
Kansas Republican Tim Huelskamp, a leader of the debt ceiling showdown, takes friendly fire.
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Here’s the history of environmental justice, summed up in less than 4 minutes
Here's your primer on environmental justice, the movement demanding equal environmental protection under the law, and fairness in the distribution of environmental benefits for all people.
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Conservationists need to get out of the woods — and get serious about diversity
A new report finds that environmental groups, foundations, and government agencies have made little progress over the decades to include people of color, poor people, and others outside of the white middle class.
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President Obama is beginning to make climate-hawk noises
In a new interview with The Economist, the president sounds more engaged with the climate issue -- and more dismissive of denialism -- than we've come to expect.
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Why R.E.M. made the most politically important album of all time
I thought that I heard you laughing, but here's why you should take that bold claim seriously.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse schools climate deniers in Senate, drops mic
Every climate-denial argument ever gets eviscerated in one place.
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The EPA’s struggle to combat water pollution
Frustration and inaction color efforts to enforce the Clean Water Act.
